Whoah, Police drive by basically. What on Earth were they doing?
Yes, the kid clearly was in the wrong but he wasn't given much chance was he?
That situation certainly could've been handled better.
How much of a chance do you give him?
How could it have been handled better?
They could have at least ascertained that he was a threat. They didn't even see a gun before killing him.
The 911 call established there was a person waving a gun around.
Confronted by armed police officers, pointing at me would make me compliant.
Being told to obey from a car (Or just when they're talking to me) wouldn't make me compliant. I don't respond to "orders" being barked at me.
Again, if you've seen the CCTV, the kid wasn't "confronted" the officer literally shot him within a second of being out of the car.
In his situation, I'd never imagine being shot at.
In yours. I would. Your situation being radically different to a point they're not directly comparable.
May I ask what for
It was a case of mistaken identity. Well, they were after me but I hadn't done anything wrong. Someone reported I had a gun - it was a waterpistol.
Its just you said "Even today if I was doing no wrong, I wouldn't just simply "obey". It'd never cross my mind that someone's going to put me down." But then say that given the same situation as me, you would.
I was putting myself in that 12 year olds shoes, as in now. If I had a car barking at me, I wouldn't expect to be put down.
Your situation is entirely different.
I bet the kid didn't even see his face before he had a hole in his stomach.
Don't leave the house with a gun (real or fake). I wouldn't do it in this country (UK), let alone in the US where every police officer has a gun and most of its citizens...
I can't help but feel this is the crux of the whole thing. Poor decision.
Whoah, Police drive by basically. What on Earth were they doing?
Yes, the kid clearly was in the wrong but he wasn't given much chance was he?
That situation certainly could've been handled better.
Cops gonna cop, yeah?
You just gotta stay out of their way. Be a good citizen, and hope no joker decides to tell them you have a gun for the lols. Cos then they'll charge at you in their car before shooting you for flinching. And it'll be your fault.
Remember, they didn't see the gun - just someone reported a child scaring folk with what might be a fake gun.
I was putting myself in that 12 year olds shoes, as in now. If I had a car barking at me, I wouldn't expect to be put down.
But he did have a gun? So it wasn't someone ringing the police for 'the lols'.
Someone reported a child for what might be a fake fun. Might not be. Police do not take chances.
If they did and more people died you would probably be on here herping and derping about how the police are too soft.
Whether he had a gun or not, they killed him off the back of an uncertain report from a single member of the public. They didn't ascertain he was a threat, didn't see a weapon, just killed him after scaring the **** out of him by screaming up to him in their car and jumping out.
"OK, but he had a gun". What kind of bull-excrement is that? It's seriously scary that people think it's ok to shoot a child off the back of the information the police had at that point. A single, uncertain call from the public, and a child flinching. That's all they had.
Whether he had a gun or not, they killed him off the back of an uncertain report from a single member of the public. They didn't ascertain he was a threat, didn't see a weapon, just killed him after scaring the **** out of him by screaming up to him in their car and jumping out.
"OK, but he had a gun". What kind of bull-excrement is that? It's seriously scary that people think it's ok to shoot a child off the back of the information the police had at that point. A single, uncertain call from the public, and a child flinching. That's all they had.
no joker decides to tell them you have a gun for the lols. Cos then they'll charge at you in their car before shooting you for flinching. And it'll be your fault.
In the police statement they said they saw him pick the gun up off the table and put it in his waistloop (?) and that he lifted his shirt up and went for the gun when they came to him. I admit it's hard to tell in the CCTV footage but you can't be throwing out information because it doesn't suit you